diff --git a/mingpt/model.py b/mingpt/model.py
index 188b3dd..ef52fe1 100644
--- a/mingpt/model.py
+++ b/mingpt/model.py
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ class Block(nn.Module):
 class GPT(nn.Module):
     """ GPT Language Model """
 
-    @classmethod
-    def get_default_config(cls):
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_default_config():
         C = CN()
         # either model_type or (n_layer, n_head, n_embd) must be given in the config
         C.model_type = 'gpt'
diff --git a/mingpt/trainer.py b/mingpt/trainer.py
index e487576..ee6bc0b 100644
--- a/mingpt/trainer.py
+++ b/mingpt/trainer.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ from mingpt.utils import CfgNode as CN
 
 class Trainer:
 
-    @classmethod
-    def get_default_config(cls):
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_default_config():
         C = CN()
         # device to train on
         C.device = 'auto'
diff --git a/projects/adder/adder.py b/projects/adder/adder.py
index 3f3cf5c..eda5e07 100644
--- a/projects/adder/adder.py
+++ b/projects/adder/adder.py
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class AdditionDataset(Dataset):
     correctly.
     """
 
-    @classmethod
-    def get_default_config(cls):
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_default_config():
         C = CN()
         C.ndigit = 2
         return C
diff --git a/projects/chargpt/chargpt.py b/projects/chargpt/chargpt.py
index 78e6c04..bcaca10 100644
--- a/projects/chargpt/chargpt.py
+++ b/projects/chargpt/chargpt.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class CharDataset(Dataset):
     Emits batches of characters
     """
 
-    @classmethod
-    def get_default_config(cls):
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_default_config():
         C = CN()
         C.block_size = 128
         return C